Singaporean singer-songwriter
Gen Neo
Born Liang Genrong
(1989-06-18 ) June 18, 1989 (age 35) Other names Genneo Alma mater Berklee College of Music Occupations Singer-songwriter producer composer Musical career Genres Instruments Years active 2015–present Labels Mapps Entertainment BAMM Entertainment Monster Entertainment Group
Musical artist
Simplified Chinese 梁 根 荣 Hangul 젠니오
Gen Neo (Chinese : 梁根荣 ; Korean : 젠니오 ; born June 18, 1989), is a Singaporean singer-songwriter, producer and composer based in South Korea , under BAMM Entertainment.
Early life
Gen Neo was born on June 18, 1989, in Singapore. He attended Catholic High School and Victoria Junior College before moving to South Korea to become a producer and composer. Gen attended Berklee College of Music where he met his frequent collaborator and close friend, Henry Lau .[ 1] [ 2]
Career
Gen started his music career in South Korea as part of a production team called NoizeBank, consisting of Canadian musician Henry Lau , and producers Isaac Han and Neil Nallas. He has composed and produced for various artists such as Got7 , Super Junior-M , Henry Lau, and f(x) .
Being vocally-trained and gifted with a unique vocal tone, Gen also made his debut in Korea in 2015 with the single titled "Think About Us" signed under the company Mapps Entertainment.[ 3] JJ Lin and Jay Chou .
Gen was featured in f(x) member Amber Liu 's single titled "On My Own". The Korean and English versions were released on May 18, 2016, on SM Entertainment and Liu's YouTube channel respectively. The single charted on Billboard World Digital Song charts at number 11.
In 2017, Gen released his debut EP , Dimensions with a total of 4 tracks in it.
He released another single, "Come With Me" in 2017. He then collaborated with former Miss A member Fei in the single, "Will You Won't You". He released "从今以后" on September 28, 2018, and was featured in Amber Liu's "Right Now". On the December 31, 2019, Gen released the single "Over You".
Influences
Gen has stated that his music is influenced by 90's R&B music and recent acts such as Canadian hip hop artist, Drake .[ 4] Jay Chou , Wang Leehom , David Tao and Khalil Fong were also some of the Mandopop artists that had influenced him.
Discography
Albums
Singles
Collaborations
Videography
Music videos
Year
Title
Artist
Ref.
2015
"Think About Us"
Gen Neo
[ 9]
2016
"Stop Sugar"
[ 10]
2017
"Reverse" (后退)
[ 11]
"Missing You"
Gen Neo feat. Tracy Wang
[ 12]
2018
"Will You Won't You" (你 会不会)
Gen Neo with Fei
[ 13]
"从今以后"
Gen Neo
[ 14]
"Right Now"
Amber Liu feat. Gen Neo
[ 15]
2019
"Over You"
Gen Neo
[ 16]
2020
"Hold Back"
[ 17]
Television shows
Year
English title
Original title
Role
Notes
2017
Sound Of My Dream 2 梦想的声音2
Contestant
Episode 5
Production credits
Year
Album
Artist
Song
Lyrics
Music & Arrangement
Credited
With
Credited
With
2011
Perfection Henry
"表白 Off My Mind"
Yes
Henry Lau
No
—
2012
Pop It Up
William Chan
"女皇"
No
—
Yes
—
Self Portrait
Raymond Lam
"LFX 6.8"
No
—
Yes
—
2013
Super Show 5 Eunhyuk , Donghae , Siwon , Henry
"So Cold"
No
—
Yes
Henry Lau, Neil Nallas, Isaac Han (Noize Bank)
Break Down Super Junior-M
"Go"
No
—
Yes
"It's You"
No
—
Yes
Trap Henry
"1-4-3 (I Love You)"
No
—
Yes
"My Everything"
No
—
Yes
"Ready to Love"
No
—
Yes
Pink Tape Amber Liu , Luna , Krystal , D.O.
"Goodbye Summer"
No
—
Yes
Amber Liu
2014
Feeling
Roh Ji-hoon
"A Song for You "
No
—
Yes
Roh Ji-hoon
Ride Me Donghae & Eunhyuk feat. Henry
"Love That I Need"
No
—
Yes
Henry Lau, Neil Nallas, Isaac Han (Noize Bank)
Swing Super Junior-M
"无所谓 My Love For You"
Yes
Henry Lau
Yes
Chapter 8 g.o.d
"G'swag"
No
—
Yes
Kim, Red Rocket
Fantastic Henry feat. Seulgi
"Butterfly"
No
—
Yes
Henry Lau, SAY, Hooni
Henry feat. Chanyeol
"Bad Girl"
No
—
Yes
Henry Lau, SAY
Henry
"Saturday"
No
—
Yes
Henry Lau, SAY, Hooni
"You"
No
—
Yes
Henry Lau, Hooni
2015
First Ferlyn Wong
"Open Up Your Heart"
No
—
Yes
—
Ferlyn Wong feat. Mint
"Luv Talk"
No
—
Yes
—
Beautiful Amber feat. Eric Nam
"I Just Wanna"
No
—
Yes
Amber Liu
The Beat Goes On Donghae & Eunhyuk
"Lights, Camera, Action"
No
—
Yes
Henry Lau, Neil Nallas
Let's Get It On Donghae & Eunhyuk
"Let's Get It On"
No
—
Yes
Henry Lau, Mage
Oh My Venus OSTKim Jong-hyun
"Beautiful Lady"
No
—
Yes
Henry Lau, Mage
2016
Sisters Over Flowers Season 2 OSTHenry
"不再是孩子 No More A Kid"
No
—
Yes
Henry Lau
Act. 7 4Minute
"No Love"
Yes
Ra-young, Hyuna , Jeon Ji-yoon
Yes
—
Sweet Stranger and Me OSTHenry feat. Mark
"I Want to Enter Your Heart"
No
—
Yes
Henry Lau, Mage
The Feelin’ 搶先聽
Raymond Lam
"The Feelin"
Yes
天樂
Yes
—
Non-album single
Gen Neo
"Stop Sugar"
No
—
Yes
—
2017
Non-album single
Henry
"Girlfriend"
No
—
Yes
Henry Lau
Dimensions
Gen Neo
"每分每秒"
Yes
Yanis Yang
Yes
—
"Reverse"
No
—
Yes
—
Gen Neo feat. Tracy Wang
"Missing You"
No
—
Yes
—
Gen Neo
"陌生朋友"
No
—
Yes
—
Act. 3 Chococo Factory Gugudan
"Snowball"
No
—
Yes
Andreas Oberg, Maria Marcus
Non-album single
Gen Neo
"Come With Me"
No
—
Yes
—
2018
Rogue Rouge
Amber Liu feat. Gen Neo
"Right Now"
Yes
Amber Liu
Yes
—
Amber Liu
"Closed Doors"
Yes
Amber Liu
Yes
—
Present: You & Me Jackson Wang , BamBam , Yugyeom
"I Love It"
Yes
Jackson Wang
Yes
Jackson Wang
"WOLO"
No
—
Yes
Jackson Wang
Non-album single
Gen Neo with Fei
"Will You Wont You"
Yes
Fei
Yes
Fei
2019
Non-album single
Bomin
"Can't Love"
Yes
Bomin
Yes
Bomin
ESCAPE.
Lin Yanjun
"Get Outta My Head"
No
—
Yes
—
Non-album single
Henry
"Untitled Love Song"
No
—
Yes
Henry Lau, Joseph Kirkland, Jason Dean, Phoebe Ryan , Daniel Seavey , Jay Kim, Corbyn Besson, 김지수
Non-album single
Casper
"Sweet Love"
Yes
Casper, Lin du, Um In Han, Park Ju Seung, Lim Seung Hoo
Yes
—
Non-album single
"Now or Never"
No
—
Yes
Lee Sung Han, Keidy-Ko Dong Kyun, Jay Kick-Park Se Joon
Non-album single
"Real Fighter"
Yes
Casper, Ruediger Matthias Volker Schramm, Park Ju Seung, Lim Seung Hoo
Yes
Keidy-Ko Dong Kyun, Jay Kick-Park Se Joon
Non-album single
Henry
"But, I Love You"
No
—
Yes
Henry, Kim Jisoo
Non-album single
Gen Neo
"Over U"
Yes
OHMYMEITING, 张楚翹
Yes
—
2021
Summer Time
Roy Wang
"HOME"
Yes
Marshall,Roy Wang,Amos Ang
Yes
Henry,Roy Wang,Amos Ang
References
^ Bernice, Kwok (June 1, 2018). "Gen Neo steps out: the producer-turned-singer talks Korean and Chinese pop, and what he's up to next" . Hear 65 . Retrieved February 17, 2019 . ^ Yip, Wai Yee (June 19, 2014). "Meet the Singaporean behind Super Junior-M hits" . The Straits Times Archived from the original on August 18, 2021. Retrieved August 18, 2021 . ^ "Genneo Debuts With 'Think About Us' . Yahoo! Lifestyle . April 6, 2015. Retrieved March 7, 2019 .^ Wai Yee, Yip (December 21, 2016). "Composer makes debut as singer" . The Straits Times . Retrieved February 17, 2019 . ^ "梁根荣 (Gen Neo) - 心领域 (Dimensions) - KKBOX" . KKBOX (in Chinese). Retrieved January 17, 2020 .^ "젠 니오(Gen Neo), 오늘(29일) 첫 번째 미니앨범 'AD ASTRA' 발매" . Topdaily (in Korean). December 29, 2020. Retrieved January 3, 2021 .^ China V Chart
^ Billboard World Digital
^ Moinchuk (April 5, 2015). "젠니오(Genneo) - Think About Us" . Vimeo. ^ Moinchuk (December 9, 2016). "GENNEO – Stop Sugar" . Vimeo. ^ YouTube (August 17, 2017). "Gen Neo 梁根荣 - 后退 (官方MV)" . Gen Neo. ^ Moinchuk (August 27, 2017). "GENNEO MISSINGYOU" . Vimeo. ^ "王霏霏(Fei)& GenNeo梁根榮【你會不會】HD 高清官方完整版MV─影片" . Dailymotion. September 27, 2018.^ YouTube (September 27, 2018). "Gen Neo 梁根榮 - 從今以後 (官方MV)" . Gen Neo. ^ YouTube (April 24, 2018). "Rogue Rouge: RIGHT NOW (feat. Gen Neo)" . Amber Liu. ^ YouTube (December 31, 2019). "Gen Neo 梁根榮 - OVER YOU(官方MV)" . Gen Neo. ^ YouTube (December 31, 2020). "Gen Neo 梁根榮 - HOLD BACK (OFFICIAL MV)" . Gen Neo.
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